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MrForbes 17-02-2010 14:57

Re: pic: Rivet...Rivet...Rivet
 
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Originally Posted by CrashTestPilot (Post 921746)
So what is the weight of one of those boxes?

and how much of that weight is the mandrels?

Wayne Doenges 18-02-2010 09:38

Re: pic: Rivet...Rivet...Rivet
 
We are planning on building a robot to hold all the rivets together :D

Dancin103 18-02-2010 09:43

Re: pic: Rivet...Rivet...Rivet
 
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Originally Posted by Wayne Doenges (Post 919614)
We have never had a rivet failed. Even when a team hit us at full speed three times (before bumpers). No rivet sheared or broke.

hahaha those were the days. you had to build a tank basically. :)

Racer26 18-02-2010 10:52

Re: pic: Rivet...Rivet...Rivet
 
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Originally Posted by Dancin103 (Post 922813)
hahaha those were the days. you had to build a tank basically. :)

Bah, hardly... I competed in 2003 and 2004 with chassis made from 80/20-esque aluminum extrusion, and 1" square aluminum tube. No problems... well, we bent the 2004 chassis after a particularly hard head-on autonomous collision, and had to cut a piece out to free up the wheels again.

Wayne Doenges 18-02-2010 14:20

Re: pic: Rivet...Rivet...Rivet
 
Our 2005 machine was totally Monocoque. Which means we had NO internal structure, just bent aluminum. We took three full court, full speed hits. It bent the aluminum a little, between bulkheads, but did no appreciable damage to bot. Monocoques is STRONG.


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